League Match win for Aberdeen [08/Feb/13]

Aberdeen won the third Scottish universities league match of the season with a score of 2177. Edinburgh's long run of consecutive wins was finally ended as they were pushed narrowly into second on 2172. Napier were third in the match on 2112, with the gap between third and fourth over 150 points. No archer scored 560 in the match although there were 559's from David Gardner (Aberdeen) and Gareth Fleming (Queen Margaret).

Edinburgh's seniors' most recent defeat in a Scottish universities match was the SUSF Outdoor Champs back in May 2002. Since then they have racked up 53 consecutive match wins, including 10 clean sweeps. It is worth remembering that Edinburgh do not field their full strength side in SSS fixtures, but in the last couple of years those winning margins have been falling.

Indeed, it might have been worse for Edinburgh but for the efforts of novice Roy Hortrabhvanon who scored a remarkable 557 to top score for his senior side. This score helped keep Edinburgh 60 ahead of Napier's senior total.

Napier themselves won the first two novice matches of the year but had to settle for second here, Hortrabhvanon propelling his side to 1524 against 1487 for Napier, with Heriot-Watt third on 1433.

Edinburgh are still favourites to win the senior league title overall. For Aberdeen to win the league, they would need to finish 83 points or 2 places ahead of Edinburgh in the last league match, being held tomorrow.

Napier still lead the novice league, 29 points to Edinburgh's 28, but as Edinburgh now have a fractionally superior aggregate (4295 against 4286), the last match is effectively a straight shoot out for the title. In the seven years since its inception, the Scottish universities novice league has been won by Edinburgh six times and Napier once.

News and Editorials 2012/2013

  • August and everything after [13/Aug/13]
  • It's 2014, this must be Belgium [31/Jul/13]
  • Catching up with NEUAL [16/Jul/13]
  • Exeter ease to SWWU crowns [12/Jul/13]
  • H2H at Lilleshall, SEAL [01/Jul/13]
  • BUCS Outdoor 2013 Review [20/Jun/13]
  • NEUAL, BUTTS Outdoor titles [30/May/13]
  • London calling... for help [16/May/13]
  • Bath time: Clout & SWWU [07/May/13]
  • Outdoor Joy for Aberdeen [30/Apr/13]
  • E-League win for Warwick [25/Apr/13]
  • SWWU 3, Clout Champs info [04/Apr/13]
  • London calling for SEAL [01/Apr/13]
  • Keele claim NEUAL Indoor win [27/Mar/13]
  • Telford SEAL, SWWU and Survey [18/Mar/13]
  • Champions face E-League Drop [13/Mar/13]
  • BUCS Indoor 2013 Review [05/Mar/13]
  • BUTTS and SUS Championships [28/Feb/13]
  • London in SEAL driving seat [25/Feb/13]
  • BUTC 2013 Review [20/Feb/13]
  • Edinburgh win Titles Fight [15/Feb/13]
  • League Match win for Aberdeen [08/Feb/13]
  • A BUTTS match and a half [06/Feb/13]
  • Red Rose, Yellow Disc [04/Feb/13]
  • More January Updates [28/Jan/13]
  • January Updates [18/Jan/13]
  • Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, ELeague [09/Jan/13]
  • New Year NEUAL catch up [02/Jan/13]
  • Duo in dual SEAL duel [21/Dec/12]
  • Exeter win, Other corrections [12/Dec/12]
  • Joint Leaders for BUTTS [07/Dec/12]
  • Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Coventry [04/Dec/12]
  • Modernisation vs Insurance [28/Nov/12]
  • 4 points split BUTTS top 3 [21/Nov/12]
  • Opening shots fired [15/Nov/12]
  • Four more rounds [08/Nov/12]
  • Ireland UK Cup in January [30/Oct/12]
  • Thirteen Hosts - Part 2 [16/Oct/12]
  • Southern Leagues set to grow [08/Oct/12]
  • Thirteen Hosts [15/Sep/12]

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